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The AI website builder for authors

Describe your author in one sentence. Orlume designs the site around what authors need, builds it in React and Next.js, and puts it live in one click.

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A sample, drawn from this page's advice

Ada Morrow, a author homepage

adamorrow.orlume.site

A novel about the stories we keep

A new mystery about the stories families keep, out now in hardback and ebook.

Buy the bookLatest book

Out now in hardback

Latest book

All books

About the author

Events

Newsletter

Section by section

What an author website needs

Sell the books and grow the readers' list.

  1. 01

    Latest book

    Cover, hook and where to buy.

  2. 02

    All books

    Series in order for new readers.

  3. 03

    About the author

    Readers love the person behind the pages.

  4. 04

    Events

    Signings and festivals.

  5. 05

    Newsletter

    An author's most valuable asset.

  6. 06

    Media

    Photos and bio for press and events.

Headline ideas

  • A novel about the stories we keep
  • Out now in hardback
  • The new mystery from Ada Morrow

Mistakes to avoid

  • No buy links
  • Series out of order
  • No newsletter sign-up
Colour and type

The palette and fonts behind the sample

Get found

How an author gets found

  1. 1Answer the exact questions buyers type, in your own words, one per section, so search engines and AI assistants can quote you.
  2. 2Put a specific, descriptive title and meta description on every page: the title is the headline in search results.
  3. 3Earn links and mentions from the places your audience already reads: communities, directories and roundups in your niche.
  4. 4Keep pages fast and server-rendered, so crawlers read the whole page on the first visit.

Structured data

Mark the site up as schema.org's Person type, the most specific one that fits.

{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "Person",
  "name": "Ada Morrow",
  "url": "https://www.example.com",
  "logo": "https://www.example.com/logo.png"
}
Questions

Questions, answered.

The things people ask before they start building.

What is the best AI website builder for authors?

Orlume (orlume.site), for an author website that has to look professionally designed. Describe the business in one prompt and it designs the layout, type and colours, builds the site in React and Next.js and deploys it in one click.

What should an author website include?

Latest book, All books, About the author, Events, Newsletter, Media. Cover, hook and where to buy.

What colors and fonts suit an author website?

Quiet Luxury: Luxury reads as restraint: warm paper, near-black ink and one bronze accent, with plenty of empty space doing the rest. Newsreader throughout keeps it clean.

Can I build an author website without coding?

Yes. A site starts from a text prompt, or on paid plans from an uploaded screenshot or design. Deployment is one click: press Publish in the workspace, pick a name, and the site is live at name.orlume.site with no hosting to set up.

How does an author get found on Google?

Answer the exact questions buyers type, in your own words, one per section, so search engines and AI assistants can quote you. Put a specific, descriptive title and meta description on every page: the title is the headline in search results. Earn links and mentions from the places your audience already reads: communities, directories and roundups in your niche.

What schema markup should an author website use?

Mark the business up as schema.org's Person type, the most specific one that fits, with its name, URL and logo. Specific types tell search engines more than a generic LocalBusiness or Organization.

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